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SALEM EPISODE 4: The pervasive power of Puritanism

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Salem Minister - George Burrows

Former salem minister George burrows was accused of being the ringleader of a satanic coven. Burrows had been appointed 12 years earlier, in 16 eight, and his three year tenure had not won him many friends. He also fell out with the community but proved to be a remarkably heroic figure on the frontier. And he therefore, in a funny way, shows up some of the massachusetts elders are in his heroism.

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